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Many pundits today are in the habit of misquoting Santayana's epigram, Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Maybe some people have come to grief this way, but they are probably fewer than those who have fallen into the opposite error. One is apt to perish in politics from too much memory, Tocqueville wrote somewhere, with equal truth and greater insight.
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I would have had fun doing just about anything.
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The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it.
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The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools...
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Because of my father, we are that Shining City on a Hill.
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I want to get better and make it last as long as I can.
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I knew well in advance even before I stepped on the stage for my first event that I was going to lose.
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We are all predisposed to disease if we mismanage our genes.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon
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I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.
